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"Incidentally I think the dates on the lamps shown at the beginning of the thread are probably fairly accurate, I think the bases with the embossed logo were around mid-late 90s, I have an Astro-baby with the embossed logo which is stamped ’97,…"

"I know this is an old thread, but being quite interested in the changes to lamps/ branding over the years I thought the topic might be worth re-visiting - currently the Astro and baby Astro now have no visible branding on the base, but all bottles…"

"I remember them putting a last chance to buy warning on social media when the Fluidium was being discontinued a while back, but over the past year or so quite a few options have been quietly dropped, including the blue and gold anodised…"

"I hoped to read this and hear about white wax and clear liquid being available soon, or any colour wax with clear liquid is good. Even better, metallic wax, or indeed glitter wax, or a glitter bottle for an astro perhaps, but not totally full of…"

"Shame they weren’t designed so that the side bars could be treated as optional, and simply not fitted if the lamp didn’t need to be fixed down.

I’d be happy to be proven wrong, but it’s difficult to imagine that there will…"

"Also think the new matt silver seems like a cop-out, looks much blander and doesn’t really suit the lamp IMO - for me the bright chrome worked much better with the ‘flowing’ form of the base.

Intrigued as to what the new variant…"

"I emailed them about new iO colors a while back and they replied...not before the holidays. So it sounds like they have something planned coming. Most likely 2021. My bet is the violet/turquoise they have added to the Astro line."

"Violet pink now available for fireflow and pod lamps. As well as a rerelease for the black fireflow lamp.  All we need now are some new io lunar colours. Hopefully soon. "

"Well at least we are getting alternative variants for the lamps.  The violet turquoise and blue pink for the astro are just amazing. I love them. The blue yellow for my telstar is also amazing. It is much lighter than blue green. But would like…"

"I also wish they would make more one-off’s. I need them for my collection. I missed the ones this year."

"Nice! I have this in the Neo and really like it. Glad it was added to the Astro line. Now I just have to wait for some other new colors so I can buy in bulk."

"Yes, I got mine the other day and it’s one of the best Mathmos colors I’ve ever seen. Their video doesn’t do it justice. It’s not all that dark. Blue/Blue is way darker. I did take a photo of it running the other day.…"

"Must say this has been disappointing so far, having only seen one actually new colour, with the rest being ‘cross-overs’ from other models, and even the new colour isn’t particularly distinctive - I wonder if there are still more…"

"Thanks for posting your thoughts. I am going to wait on buying that color combination. I already have a blue-green. I bought a Neo yellow-pink and it looks just like my Astro Baby yellow-red. I was disappointed. "

"Another pic with the lamps turned off - very similar-looking. In the background is another blue-white LavaLite bottle, which completes my blueish ballet"

"Well, I bought the new blue-yellow Astrobaby bottle and it`s a bit disappointing: Compared with the all time running classic blue-green there`s not really a big difference.So I think I will also try the swapping, cause yellow wax is exciting, and…"